We've all heard of the talent of this group and the competition that we have for the various positions, but, what i'm really beginning to grasp is the youth.....WOW, i looked at it from a perspective of where we were last year to where and what we might accomplish this year. Consider we played a pretty tough schedule against the big boys, our line still improved from 06 to 07 in sacks....36 in 2006 to 17 in 2007.....
Now if this is our starting lineup - our line may have more talent and more time to play together....i don't want to put any pressure on these guys, but, it could be a group that sends 3-4 guys to the NFL, you want to be able to recruit lineman, start sending 2-3 to the NFL every year, that will make recruiting easy....
LT - Diedrick (SR) But have heard/seen that Hulbert (SO) is getting reps at LT ahead of Diedrick!!
LG - Lamaak (SO)
C - Alvarez (SO)
RG - Osemele (FR)
RT - Baysinger (FR)
Considering the marked improvement to our line last year and the successes we had, to consider only one of them a starter for 2008 is a testament to the guys were recruiting and the work being done by Shep and his staff to get these boys bigger, faster, stronger....Now if we can add back in there this years recruiting class and redshirt them, that means we would have Tuftee, Burris, Haughton to push these guys in 2009.
I think what i'm getting at is that the coaches have made it an emphasis to focus on the Oline and Dline.....i think the O is way ahead of the D line at this phase of the rebuilding. If the competition and recruiting of talented players continues and most importantly, getting them in with Shep to continue the philosophy of strength and conditioning, our success will follow the two lines, regardless of schedule.
Can't wait to see these guys knocking some heads!!!!!
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